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January 2013 Issue Foundry Magazine

January 2013 Issue Foundry Magazine

Foundry Management & Technology has been an independent source of information for the foundry and metalcasting industries since 1892.

In this issue, Welcome to our 2013 Idea Book!

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Features

  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Best Practices for Selecting a Supplier

    Evaluating and selecting a supplier is critical to your foundry’s success. Price is certainly an important factor to consider, but it is not always the most important part in your decision....More
  • Jan. 16, 2013
    Article

    Not the Same Old Core Machine

    Harrison Machine developed new technology, Dual Station (hot and cold box) core machine models, to address each of the industry’s major coremaking issues....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Leave Coremaking to the Experts

    Foundries are in the business to pour metal. With the right technology and good communication, they can trust experts to handle their coremaking requirements as a value-added service....More
  • Jan. 16, 2013
    Article

    The 5 C’s of No-Bake Molding

    Whether you are a high-production automated foundry or making individual castings on the molding floor, the same five processes apply to the construction of a sound chemically bonded sand mold....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Cost Savings in Iron Foundries with Thermal Analysis

    Thermal analysis can help foundries to evaluate the quality of a melt and support efforts to increase furnace productivity....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Top 10 Ways to Maximize Crucible Service Life

    Sometimes the difference between a crucible that consistently performs well and one that fails to meet even minimal standards may have nothing to do with the crucible itself. Rather, the performance difference may have everything to do with how the crucible is handled, operated and maintained at the foundry....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Going Green Is Profitable for Foundries that Process Slag

    Catchphrases — e.g., “carbon footprint” or “beneficial reuse” — are meant to persuade. One foundry was persuaded that dumping its 6,200 tons of metal fines waste from melting was not an option, and found a beneficial, and profitable alternative....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Tele-Operated Robotics for Grinding, Finishing

    The design and flexibility of the Vulcan Equipment System enables floor operators, unskilled in robotic programming, to use the full range of control over robotic equipment in fully manual and semi-automatic modes....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Monster Opportunities for ADI

    The world’s largest integral quench batch furnace debuts, with a working envelope of 7 m3 and a maximum gross load of 9.1 metric tons....More
  • CFi machine
    Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Raising the Bar for Commercial Vacuum Impregnation

    Automakers adopts in-line vacuum impregnation, from cylinder block casting through machining....More
  • categorizing foundry variables
    Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    How to Initiate, Implement, and Monitor a Process Control Initiative

    Metalcasting operations are comprised of many processes and literally thousands of variables, and so the idea of gaining control over these processes and variables may seem impossible. Not so....More
  • quality viewer module
    Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Managing Information to Speed Production

    By effectively managing rework and scrap, foundries can save time and money while reducing interruptions to the production cycle....More
  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Article

    Effective Die Coating for Maximum Value

    Die coating in gravity diecasting is one of the operational parameters of the casting process that is often overlooked or misunderstood....More

Commentary

  • Jan. 17, 2013
    Commentary
    Foundry

    The wealth of ideas

    If you are a huge corporate entity, you can throw money at a problem to make it go away, but what you really need is a new idea....More
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